FTC: AI Could “Turbocharge Fraud”
When it comes to dissing the current direction of AI, the Federal Trade Commission has also pitched in its two cents. From its perspective, AI could cause rampant fraud. FTC chair Lina Khan recently told Congress that the “turbocharging of fraud and scams that could be enabled by these [AI] tools are a serious concern.” Disinformation researchers have similarly noted that AI applications are primed to cause all sorts of havoc on the internet, as they will make generating fake content exceedingly easy.
